Ports · River Thames, London
Land radar, tested on the water: Omni Guard on the Thames
A live trial aboard HQS Wellington in central London put Omni Guard Perimeter Radar, built for people and vehicles on land, to work tracking boats across 400 m of river.
The Challenge
Could a land radar cope with open water, where ripple, wake, reflective clutter and a moving platform all affect accuracy, and still pick out small boats?
The Solution
The radar sat on HQS Wellington’s lower mooring deck to minimise reflection interference, with a paired PTZ camera on the main deck and a 180 degree view across the 400 m river. Its default algorithms, built to ignore moving foliage, were left unchanged, and vessel positions were logged on a live map.
The Result
Small and mid-sized vessels were clearly detected and tracked on standard settings with minimal false alarms despite waves and boat wake. Land and water zones were tuned separately, showing the radar can cover a waterside approach as well as the ground around it.
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